Vista Not Booting And Suse 10.3 Is Not Getting Installed Either

hi friends,

I have windows vista installed on my acer laptop. I downloaded open suse 10.3. I wrote ISO image in CD and tried installing it from CD. Now, the problem is suse didn't get installed because there was some problem with CD (it gave MD5 checksum error).... Now, when I rebooted my laptop. It showed me two options Windows Vista and LINUX SUSE.. Even if I select Vista or SUSE it starts installing SUSE (though cannot complete installation due to error in the CD)....


I tried windows repair option.. It said everything is proper.. Windows can boot properly.. And if still the problem persists then please remove any newly installed hardware like Music player, etc.. I am not able to figure out that if windows repair is not showing any error then why am I not able to run Windows vista...

I don't want to lose my data on C drive..

Can some one please help with it..

Thanks!!

Do you have a way to re-download the suse iso?

I can re download it.. or else use ubuntu too.. But, I am not sure why exactly is it launching SUSE installation even though I am selecting windows vista....

Since the installation was unsuccessful, but reached a certain point, the system is looking to complete the installation. I recommend you re-download and restart the installation and once that is done-- we can help you get Vista booting if it is still not boot. it may just be a simple mbr correction.

ok.. I will try reinstalling suse.. should I install ubuntu??? Meanwhile can you please lemme know the MBR correction??? I will try that right now itself.. If that works then won't install linux rite now since i need my laptop urgently...

Thanks again for your help..

I'm not answering to your question now, i have a different issue. Is there anyone have idea on how to burning a cd on linux e.g suse using commands but not K3B?
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hi friends,

I have windows vista installed on my acer laptop. I downloaded open suse 10.3. I wrote ISO image in CD and tried installing it from CD. Now, the problem is suse didn't get installed because there was some problem with CD (it gave MD5 checksum error).... Now, when I rebooted my laptop. It showed me two options Windows Vista and LINUX SUSE.. Even if I select Vista or SUSE it starts installing SUSE (though cannot complete installation due to error in the CD)....
I tried windows repair option.. It said everything is proper.. Windows can boot properly.. And if still the problem persists then please remove any newly installed hardware like Music player, etc.. I am not able to figure out that if windows repair is not showing any error then why am I not able to run Windows vista...

I don't want to lose my data on C drive..

Can some one please help with it..

Thanks!!
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juz google it and you can get it... please please don't hack this thread.. I really want to start my laptop in another one hour.. thanks!!!

juz google it and you can get it... please please don't hack this thread.. I really want to start my laptop in another one hour.. thanks!!!
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as the install is only semi complete i would suggest as lxuser did. re-download suse, or reinstall windows as the repair didn't work. if no system is booting at all as far as i know you can't edit master boot record unfortunately.

hi frnds...

I got access to my laptop.. i started live cd version of ubuntu.... now can this help me to fix up the problem???

hi frnds...

I got access to my laptop.. i started live cd version of ubuntu.... now can this help me to fix up the problem???
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is it possible you completely reinstall windows? that would be the easiest option i think. but of course editing grub menu.lst file should solve problems after finishing a good install of suse. the problem will not be k3b, it will be either disc, or the download. for best download quality try bit torrent. burn it as slow as possible to a dvd of good quality (i.e. not a cheap disc). it looks like suse has written to the mbr, but obviously not installed properly.

is it not possible to download the dvd? much much more software comes with it.